Custom 1959 Buick

[Dave Mikrut]

Many of you know that I have a passion for not letting old junkyard models die. A few years ago I started to restore a 1959

Buick, from an Ebay Junkyard, that was missing it's roof. It also had hogged out rear wheelwells. I sacrificed a new Rev/Mon

59 Impala for the wheel wells and the roof. I'm usually pretty good at doing the altered wheel bases and replacing body panels

but this time I got carried away and sanded off too much of the contours of the sides. So the body went back in the box, even

tho frustration sometimes makes me wanna put my failures under my size 13 boot. Yesterday I picked up the rereleased

AMT/SMP 59 Imperial. As soon as I scoped thosed fender skirts whilst grokking my new kit, I knew I had found a home for them!

Take a look what I got so far. I need to do a little puttying here and there and now I am going to proceed with this old beauty

after all.

Just a little side note, this body almost became the donor for the custom I made called Elka Meano, but had I used this one,

then it wouldn't have been called that now would it HAHA!!!

[Tom Jackson]

Nice Work Dave. I love them big old Buicks . I have a pair of 63 buick convs that i'm going to take both and make one good body out of them.

[CB]

Glad ya didn't stomp this Dave!

Gonna look awesome with paint & wheels & @!!!

[E St. Kruiser50]

This is lookin very, very coo ;)l .

Love the fender skirts man . We need an update with pic's.

[John Goschke]

This looks cool, Dave! The skirts are a great solution and the Impala roof looks perfect.

[george 53]

Yeesh, paint? It looks good just like that! Yeah, the skirts really make it on that particular style. They seem to flown with the roofline. Either way, it looks good!

[Robert81]

This would be sweet with white walls (a set of white lines would be best) and some Vista hub caps. Low and all flaked out.